"Improving the world - but how?" This year's Festival of the Future at the Deutsches Museum in Munich was dedicated to this question and discussed with political start-up founders and researchers how ...

To minimise contact with the outside world, blood samples were taken by crew members extending their arms through a device in the door. There was no eye contact or conversation. As part of ESA's ...

Drones flew between the wind turbines at altitudes of up to 250 metres, positioning themselves in two lines of five.

The crew had to complete tasks several times a day, including meetings and daily morning and evening briefings. Participants used the table in the M5 module this as well as for eating and leisure ...

Participants followed a fixed schedule with different tasks. Among other activities, they had to dock a virtual space capsule with a spacecraft. The experiment simulates six degrees of freedom – like ...

After eight days, the study concluded and the six participants regained contact with the outside world. Final interviews and examinations now follow. As part of ESA's SOLIS8 isolation study, three men ...

Six sleeping capsules are located above and adjacent to each other in the M5 module. They have their own ventilation system and offer some privacy. As part of ESA's SOLIS8 isolation study, three men ...

As part of ESA's SOLIS8 isolation study, three men and three women simulated a space mission for eight days. Participants had their own sleeping cabins within the module – the only areas besides the ...

Each individual drone weighs less than one kilogram and is optimised for wind measurements.

In spring 2025, a swarm of drones carried out measurements directly in front of and behind the OPUS 1 and OPUS 2 wind turbines at DLR's WiValdi wind energy research farm in Krummendeich.

For around 20 years, DLR institutes have been working on new approaches to engine construction, from propellers to innovative open-fan concepts. Read more about their advantages and disadvantages in ...

Dr.-Ing. Marco Schwerdt, July 01, 2025 ...